caudice
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caudex, caudicis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
trunk of tree; piece/hunk of wood; blockhead; (bound) book; note/account book;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- A
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...proximo rure Abdera in oppidum, cuius popularis fuit, caudices ligni plurimos funiculo brevi circumdatos portabat. Tum forte Democritus..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...finxerat actu. Hinc molli stillae lacus et de caudice lento vimineae lances maculataque testa Lyaeo. At paries circa..." - P
Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...conexis vellera nodis, Phaeocomes, hominemque simul protectus equumque; caudice qui misso, quem vix iuga bina moverent, Tectaphon Oleniden..."